Cultivator-fender.



No. 762,968. PATENTBD JUNE 21, 1904.

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GULTIVATOR FENDER.

. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24. 1904.

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INVENTOR UNITED STATES Patented June 21, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CULTlVATOR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 762,968, dated J une 21, 1904.

I Application filed March 2 1904.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CYRENrUs W. WHET- STONE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alliance, in the county of Boxbutte and State of Nebraska, have invented new and usetures of construction hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan View of a cultivator provided with the fender. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the fender detached.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the fender comprises a supportingplate 4, to which the fender-rods 5 are attached by eyes 6. The fender-rods extend rearwardly from the supporting-plate, and near their outer ends they curve outwardly, as shown in Fig.

'1. The shield for regulating the amount of of the same height as the plate 4, so that all the fender-rods can be covered when it is desired to prevent all soil from reaching the plants.

The fender is attached to the cultivator by $erial1lo. 199,637. (No model.)

a strap 9, which is fastened at one end to the plate 4, in front thereof, the other end of the strap being bolted to the cultivator-beam, as at 10.

The fender is readily attached to any ordinary cultivator, and by its use much smaller corn can be cultivated than by the ordinary method. The fender-rods will efiectually prevent all clods, roots, &c. from being thrown on the plants, and by adjusting the shield up or down over the rods the amount of soil intended to pass between the rods is regulated.

In the drawings a straddle-row cultivator is shown carrying two fenders, one on each side of the machine, as indicated in Fig. 1, whereby both sides of the plants are protected. When two fenders are used, as shown, they may be coupled by straps 11, extending from the rear ends of the shield and fastened together at 12.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured-- by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a straddle-row cultivator, of a fender on each side thereof, said fenders comprising a supporting-plate carrying rearwardly extending and outwardlycurved fender-rods, a shield adjustable vertically over the fender-rods, and straps extend- CYRENIUS W. VVHETSTONE.

Witnesses:

S. M. SMYsEE, JAMES KEELER. 

